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| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Comune Monasterii Beate Maeri de Valle Lucis |
| Other names | Abbey of Luce |
| Order | Cistercian |
| Established | 1192 |
| Disestablished | 1602 |
| Mother house | Dundrennan Abbey |
| Diocese | Diocese of Galloway |
| Controlled churches | Glenluce |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Lochlann, Lord of Galloway |
Glenluce Abbey,[1] near to Glenluce, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery called also Abbey of Luce or Vallis Lucis [2] and founded around 1190 by Rolland or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland. Following the Scottish Reformation in 1560, the abbey fell into disuse.
- ^ otherwise Abbey of Luce, Latin: Comune Monasterii Beate Maeri de Valle Lucis [1]
- ^ Pococke, Richard; Kemp, Daniel William (23 May 2003). "Tours in Scotland: 1747, 1750, 1760". Heritage Books – via Google Books.